I assume you're talking about things like Reuters articles which I've read online before and then seen the exact same thing printed on paper. That's different because it's a story which is sold (?) to many publishers. Lots of things are syndicated like that, for example Flayrah is syndicated on Furry News Network and In-Fur-Nation is syndicated on Flayrah. In all those cases though the article is properly credited.
This case is closer to plagiarism because Fred is taking credit for the article when nearly 3/4 was actually written by somebody else. The only redeeming feature is that it's made clear that it's a quote but that doesn't make it his work.
Also it's not really a press release but an article from another site, reproduced entirely and, as far as one can tell, without permission. That is almost certainly illegal. The link to their terms of service seems broken though so I can't see what it says.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
I assume you're talking about things like Reuters articles which I've read online before and then seen the exact same thing printed on paper. That's different because it's a story which is sold (?) to many publishers. Lots of things are syndicated like that, for example Flayrah is syndicated on Furry News Network and In-Fur-Nation is syndicated on Flayrah. In all those cases though the article is properly credited.
This case is closer to plagiarism because Fred is taking credit for the article when nearly 3/4 was actually written by somebody else. The only redeeming feature is that it's made clear that it's a quote but that doesn't make it his work.
Also it's not really a press release but an article from another site, reproduced entirely and, as far as one can tell, without permission. That is almost certainly illegal. The link to their terms of service seems broken though so I can't see what it says.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~